Walking and Talking

I'm by this river or ocean or something, when this GIGANTIC dinosaur comes by it and starts roaring at this whale. The whale is like a shrimp compared to the dinosaur, and it tries to get away. It's flying back and forth through the air trying to get away, but all the dinosaur keeps doing was roaring, like a dog barking at a passer-by. Then I'm with this group of people in this big store of expensive clothes or something, and I'm looking through the stockings. I really want this pair of purple fish-nets, but there doesn't seem to be a dressing room. Then this lady says that there's one and she'll show me where it is. I hesitate, then go. It's in the corner of the room, looking like the wall. I go in and she shows me where I can try things on. Once I'm in I try on the stockings (they fit very well) and leave them on as I come out of the room. One of the people I'm with says I should get them, or else..something I can't remember. Then we're trying to figure out how to get out, and we go around in circles trying to figure out the exit.

Meaning- Dinosaurs in dreams may pointing me toward an important memory or goal that was put aside. Their size and power mat refer to the authority or important of parental figures. Whales may represent intuition bringing insights from the unconscious to the conscious mind, like coming up to breathe. However, since it was flying, it may represent a change in character or freedom. Trying things on in behind a closed door may symbolize privacy, space, and hidden secrets.

Contest and Contact Lens

(Sorry I haven't posted in a while)
I'm at a contest for a thumb war or something having to do with thumbs (odd). I sign up somewhere, and go over to a booth assigned to me. 2 other people, I guess 2 of my friends go over there also; I think they're there to give pointers and hints and stuff. Anyway, people will walk around and decide who they want to duel with. This one guy comes over and says things like, "I'll win this easily," or something. And he does, then leaves. This other guy comes, and I win, then a third person tries it, but I don't remember the result.
Later, I'm walking with one of my friends to my house, or somewhere. We have to go a little ways, around a longer block. I think he's holding contact lenses or something. When we get to where I want to get, he realizes one of the lenses is gone, so we have to go back and look for it (it's also snowing).

Meaning- Competitions or contests probably mean there's something I think I'm good at but other people are better, or just as good. Losing something either means letting something go or reflects on something in real life. And snow represents coldness and winter.

Rooms and Gloom

I'm in this big house (unfamiliar) and I guess I'm visiting or it belongs to someone I know. I go upstairs to this big room where a bunch of people are waking up. I plan to stay and sleep there for a few days. Everyone gets up and we get called to a meeting or get-together or something in the hallway. I find out that all of them are older men, like in the 50s. We go in the hallway and one of them is asking me to 'get the female' for the conference and points to a door at the end of the hall. So I go down the hall and open the door a bit. There's this girl my age still in bed, not sleeping. I don't know what to call her, so I call, 'Female?' and 'Alpha?' (or something like that). After I call the second name she immediately says 'Grandmama', like that's her name or something. So I repeat it and she says, 'Are they gone?' and I say, 'Yes, they've gone into another room'(not really sure what I'm answering or talking about), 'why?' She doesn't answer this, but says, 'Let's go shopping for Christmas cookies,' and I realize I'm pretty hungry so I say, 'Yes!' and she laughs. Then I notice cookies on the floor by her bed. 'What about those?' I ask. 'Those are really cold and stale,' she says. Stuff happens, and later, she's feeding my dog, Rufus, a treat that looks like Mario. He sniffs it, and she says, 'Racist!' and puts it next to him.

Meaning- Being in an unfamiliar place may imply that I need to explore more places. Cookies are sweet, so they might represent treats and awards, or gifts.

(Closest to the bedroom in my dream)

Stuck and Daft Punk

I'm in my room at my mom's house with either my mom or dad; I can't remember who. We're building a lamp with found objects around my room; a container, a small box, etc. Daft Punk's remix of 'Mothership Re-connection' by Scott Grooves is playing on my boom box. It sounds different, though..a bit distorted. We finish the lamp and it works really well. I guess it's some project for school or something. It apparently requires a video overview as well; I set up a camera and start to film how the lamp works. I say each object I used to create the lamp, and show it on the camera. It's supposed to be long, and as I shoot the video I'm thinking of what I want to do to it to make it look professional. Then I'm going to attend this party which takes place at my dad's house in real life, and my mom or dad tells me to bring the lamp to finish the video. So we go over there and we do some things, and I say I'm going to do more of the video to my mom or dad. Then I'm in this vast darkness with a bunch of people from this one show I used to watch and we're drifting through the air through these arrays of stars. We're trying to hold on but it's difficult and we're struggling. 2 people fall into what looks like a pool of stars and don't get out. That's all I remember.

Meaning- The Daft Punk remix I heard in the dream is a track I do enjoy, so it may just have been there to show that. Lamps contain light, of course, which in this case could represent ideas and intelligence. Having it work may be signalling an achievement or accomplishment I've had. Falling in darkness almost turns the dream another direction; it could be saying something is not clear and I'm having a hard time grasping the idea of something I'm struggling with. If this idea is not understood someone could get hurt (the 2 people falling). However, the stars may bring out good in the whole difficult situation, saying I will find help or advantages on the way.

Skates and Mates

Julia is going to skate with me in class. When we get inside, their rink is all turned around, and it looks slightly bigger. So then we go to where my locker is and get on our skates, and then we start stretching. After, we go over to the door that goes to the ice and do stuff there for a while. Then I get on. There's this one girl in front of me, saying, "It's fun, but I'm going to do this in the movies," or something like that. I turn around backwards, but fall on my knees. I get back up, though. I do all the stroking and all the stuff on the ice. Then we all go over by where the bleachers are, or are supposed to be. All the skaters turn into cats for a minute. There is this one little gray cat who appears to be new. Julia is also gray, but bigger. Then we're over by the door again, all mad at each other for some reason. This one girl from school is there, and then we all get nice and I get this blue chair down which matches my nails (they were the same color as they are now in real life!!). That's what I remember....

Meaning- Putting skates on or anything with skates in a dream may be the implicit message, being an encouragement to work faster, more efficiently. Again, cats represent creativity and mystery. Ice itself may describe cool emotions and a lack of affection.

(The real place, Pleasant Arena)

Dance and Advance

I'm in this big bathroom getting ready for a school dance. 'Nip' is there...remember her? Then we go into the dance area; this is all in someone's house. I turn into 'Nip', I guess, and I'm on the stairs. Then I go down when I hear the music start and find my date..some guy I don't remember. If there was any dancing, I don't remember it, but I do remember hearing a very distorted version of 'Ghosts N Stuff' by deadmau5 and Rob Swire. Oh, now I'm remembering it's October 31st..Halloween. This must be a Halloween party. After the dance, or whatever it was, all of us girl went trailing out the door in a single file, and all of the guys were going the opposite direction. We were high-fiving or slapping hands or something as we passed, like football teams do at the end of games. Later, we're all playing hide-and-seek around the house..I remember going into the main room, or that room you have with the front door. I was trying to hide in there, but a bunch of other people also wanted to. So we all ended up in there, on the couch or sitting down or whatever. Then we're all in some class at school; in my old science classroom. My friend Sarah and I get up and go to one of the lab stations to do something. That's all I remember.

Meaning- Halloween represents death and rebirth. Dancing or being at a party could show that I've reached the end of a big effort and should be celebrated. High-fiving can symbolize sportsmanship, teamwork, and cooperation.

Eels and Deals

I'm running in a club or something after school because I said I would get before last place this time to my parents. So we're practicing, and running around this catwalk or something, and I'm feeling tired, so I rest for a while, hoping to get my strength back up. Then a Madonna song turns on and I start running like the wind because I love that song. So I'm singing along and dancing while I'm running and we're all having a good time with it. Then the whole place turns into an aquarium. Underwater, me and this little kid are looking at these 2 eels. One is black-and-white striped and dying for some reason. The other one is a very ugly color, but is still very cool. It's stuck on something, maybe a rock, and we help it get unstuck. It starts flashing its eyes (literally) at the little kid, and the lady behind me says that it communicates that way and it's saying "You have very big eyes." So the kid says, "Thanks!" Then my dad comes and I grab the 2 eels to take home with us. I'm also carrying these 2 other books from school and ask my dad if he can carry something. So he does, and we go outside to the parking lot , and we see another eel on one of those rocky islands you see in bug parking lots. We find out that eel has been missing, and it is soon placed in a wagon tied to a car to be returned to where he belongs.

Meaning- Running for the fun or joy of it in a dream can bring a great sense of freedom and release. I don't know what eels are supposed to mean, but it showed that it can light up its eyes in the dream, it may just show that there's always a little magic of beauty in everything.

Cats and Dads 2

I'm in this stall in a bathroom ordering lattes for breakfast, I'm getting three of them; the other ones are for my friends. I'm ordering them on my cell phone, actually, and they actually show a cartoon on the screen of how they make it: the coffee, the whipped bream, all the syrups, they even put gummy bears in there! Then I'm at my mom's house with one of the lattes, trying to figure out something healthy to eat with it. I get a green apple, and it's kind of old.
Then I'm in a different bathroom, eating a Dipps granola bar by a garbage can. There's a mirror by it, and I can see a lady doing something somewhere. Then it turns out she was in a stall, because she opens the stall door.
Then I'm about to do my volunteering at the cat shelter, and I'm bringing my dad. When we get there, I have 3 frozen cats (all FLV) that need to be thawed (gross). We bring them in, and the shelter is like a PetsMart, not anything like the real shelter. To get my dad to see the cats, and go in the rooms, we need to talk to one of the 'cashiers.' On the way, the cats get put in a freezer. At the cashier, my dad gets a card that I guess allows him to go into the cat rooms.

Meaning- Coffee might represent alertness and energy. Dream fruit may have a sensual connotation. Cats are associated with creativity, mystery and independence, but being frozen may symbolize that not all of them are like that, or they can stop being a certain way at some point.

Tries and Fights

Brenda Song (again) calls me for some reason saying we should go shopping or something like that. I'm in a laundry room. I tell her to come by at a certain time. Then I want this other person to come, and she comes over. When Brenda sees both of us she thinks I've ditched her and says that me and the other person should go alone. I get upset. Later, I'm with a bunch of people in what looks like a church. I can't remember what we're doing, but it's for an audience.

Meaning- Betrayal, or what looks like it, may reflect something done in everyday life by myself or someone else. Being in a laundry room may symbolize cleanliness or resolving a conflict or problem (getting a stain out). Being in front of an audience, it depends whether it is an achievement or failure, but maybe it means wanting to show people your talents or dreams.

Whales and Sails

1st part: I'm in this big building, like an office building or something, walking around. My dad is also there. We come to the main area, which is a big opening with stairs leading down to it, like a stadium or arena, but MUCH smaller. There's this big fountain-like thing with rocks and marble pavements all over it, and water flowing down the marble pavement and rocks. My dad says I should try to climb it. The rocks and pavements are moving, so when I jump up on it, I frequently hurt myself from falling so much.
2nd part: Me and a bunch of people, and some of my family are on a lake on a boat (sailboat?). Then, me and this other person get on a smaller boat (rowboat?) and start going toward an island in the distance. When we approach it, this BIG whale and her calf JUMP out of the water, giving us a big surprise, and we fall in! Underwater, we don't see them.

Meaning- Flowing, calm water could represent ease and tranquility. Whales symbolize the beauty and enormity of nature and danger of their extinction. Traveling in a boat may mean adventure seeking or a passage from one phase of life to another.

Sharing and Staring

Fragments:
I'm in some shopping place, and there's this one room which is very circular. There are fitting rooms around it. I have something to try on, so I go into one of the rooms. In the room there are 2 places to try something on, behind a curtain--but I can see through it easily. One of the areas is taken by 2 ladies, and they didn't shut the curtain at all. I go in one and never really get to try anything on, because either I'm too nervous to be seen through the curtain or I'm stuck in my clothes.
Later, I'm walking with a big group of people; maybe it's like a fundraiser walk or something. I walk under a bridge, and these 2 girls are staring at things at the same time; I guess they're twin sisters. When I come out under the bridge they pass me.
Then, it's the next day, and I'm getting up for school; I realize I'd overslept! I also realize I hadn't taken a shower the night before, so I wash my hair, blow it try, straighten it, and do all my other stuff in like 30 minutes. It would be nice to have that ability!

Meaning- Drawing curtains means blocking something or someone out of your life or vision. In a dream it could suggest I have a secret or refusing to face up to a situation in real life. Being able to see through it, though, may mean that others know what I am hiding. Walking in a dream may be a metaphor of how I'm moving through life. In the dream, I was walking a good pace, so I'm going through effectively. Having others pass me, though, may mean I need to catch up to everyone. The twins were a human version of these 2 she-cats in the shelter where I volunteer; they're sisters (maybe not twins, though) and they're always just staring. The whole thing with the getting ready in the morning may be a fantasy of how fast I could be able to get through my mornings.

Chasing and Pacing

I'm at the side of a building or something for a while. Actually, before then I'm like right next to 2 people making out and somehow can't get away. Then I'm throwing something yellow for a dog--maybe it's my own dog, Rufus, but doesn't have the same characteristics. These 2 gay guys walk past us and step out of the way so I can throw the whatever-it-is. The dog gets it and I go over there and call the toy a 'karyotype' or something that starts with a 'k' relating to science. Later I'm at a zoo or somewhere where there's a display of rainbow trout, and I mean trout that are actually rainbow. I'm there with my dad, I think, and one other person, my cousin, Miriam, maybe. We're looking down in the water and this monstrous fish swims past our view (who is deep underwater, but we still see it). We're all very awe-struck that there can actually be a fish that big. Sometime later I fall in. I ask my dad if the giant trout can eat me, and he says no. But I have to make it to land anyway, because, well, I'm soaked.

Meaning- Watching other people kissing is different than kissing someone myself. It may mean I should find someone to be close to or just care about. Dreaming about a dog that is loyal and faithful may mean I'm confident about my friends and are loyal to them; it also could say that about myself. Fish are symbolic of emotions and ancient beliefs deep in the unconscious. They may also show that I'm comfortable in my environment ('swim like a fish').

(This may be what the dog looked like.)

Disguise and Guys

My dream last night-
All I really remember was I'm disguising myself really oddly when I'm going to school; I guess I'm trying to be someone else for some reason. Anyway, I have this big piece of fabric or something over my head, and I'm in the parking lot of the school with my other schoolmates. The teacher is looking at me strangely, and one of my friends from school knows who I am and says, "Hey, nice costume." For some reason a lot of the guys know it's me. At the end, I'm in this classroom alone, and the teacher says, "Why are you disguising yourself?" or something, and then I wake up.

Meaning- Dreaming of disguising myself may mean I want to change my image or want to be someone else. Being at school may be showing me what would happen if I actually went to school as a different person; friends would see the real me.

(This is my school's actual parking lot. I was behind where the camera-person took this.)

Cats and Dads

I had this dream Friday night-
1st part: I'm at my dad's house in St. Paul, and for some reason it's a cat shelter/care-taking place. Many cats are outside; they are trained to stay there and in eye-shot. I'm by the back door, and I see a big fire coming (a forest fire?). So I start panicking a bit and I'm saying, "I need to get all those cats inside!!" and my dad says, "No, I don't think that fire is going to come here," or something like that (in real life, if he were in this situation he would not say that). But I'm still worried, so I run out there and try to get all the cats to go inside. I successfully lead most of them in, or so I think; I go out into the alley and there are lots of others there. So I have to try and get those ones inside also. By the time I get them all (or at least, most of them) inside, the fire is gone. I guess my dad was right, again.
2nd part: I'm at a swimming pool with some people; I think some of them are some of my family. The others are my friends. Besides us, the pool is desolate. I think it's supposed to be like our high school or something, because there is a middle school right next to it (weird reason, but then again, it's a dream). It's time for lunch, and I don't have anything I seem to like. I want to go into the middle school to get some of what they're having for lunch. I go in and pretty much all I do is slide around on the floor and on the tables. No one's staring or seeming to see me. As I walk out the door, this lady says some things to me and thinks I'm a fourth grader. The doors are those automatic ones you see in stores. I go back to the swimming pool and do things I don't remember.

Meaning- Cats are associated with positive qualities of creativity, mystery and independence. I actually volunteer at a cat shelter, and a few cats I actually recognized. My relationship with my dad is good, so he was a benign figure. Dads in dreams also represent guidance, justice and protection. Swimming pools may be symbolizing a relaxing place when uncomfortable. Automatic doors, rather than ones I can open myself probably represent ease or laziness.